The John Report Wrestling Blog

Monday Headlines: Madusa is Out of Her Mind

By Jacob Lindsey

The fact that this is the Headline for today proves that it was really slow news weekend. There was a lot of junk to sift through, but none of it was particularly newsworthy. This bit, though, belongs at the top of the “forgotten ‘star’ trying to hold on to any ounce of celebrity while sacrificing pride and sanity” pile. It also belongs in the “Kurt Angle” file on Twitter, where someone gets on and says stupid stuff because they’re totally insane. In this case, it’s former WWF Women’s Champion Madusa aka Alundra Blayze. I’ll explain after the jump. Read more…

WWE Superstars 02/02/12
By Graham Galloway

You know what they say, third time’s the charm! On that note I would like to present the third instalment of WWE Superstars Review by Graham Galloway. This week I thought I would provide information relating to my history as a wrestling fan. Firstly, I am not actually a fan of ‘Wrestling’ but rather a fan of the WWE. I watched the WWE a lot as a kid during the Attitude Era. As my teen years approached I fell away from the product, as is the norm in my homeland of Scotland. I started watching again in my late teens around 2008.

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Canton’s Corner: The Wrestling Week in Review – February 4
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport

Welcome to Canton’s Corner. It was a good week of wrestling on TV this week. I thought Raw was excellent while both Smackdown and TNA Impact Wrestling were above average this week too. I’ll cover all three of those, plus the usual polls, video, Melo Out and other things you’ve come to expect from Canton’s Corner. It’s the Super Bowl on Sunday. If you follow me on Twitter you know I’m a huge NFL fan, even more than I am a wrestling fan. Before I get to the wrestling part of the column, I need to share my pick.

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 Hello everyone, and welcome to the 5th, 3rd, 80th whatever Smacking Of Smackdown review. In lieu of asking you to leave a comment below after you read these carefully crafted words, I would ask you to send a fruit basket or maybe a flower arraignment instead. If that’s a little to inconvenient for you, then I suppose a comment will do.

Alright, let’s smack your cares away! (Great, I thought I finally found a catchphrase but now I have the “Fraggle Rock” theme song stuck in my head. That’s going to be there all day.)

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The second WrestleMania was unique in that it emanated from three different cities: Long Island (New York), Chicago and Los Angeles with each city getting one hour of live action.

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NXT 5.48 Review
By Lonestar

Just a few quick bits of business before I get to the review. First of all, I did watch the Royal Rumble live and I’ll be talking about my experience in a column I’m currently writing. Second, NXT was finally posted at nxt.wwe.com some time while I was writing this review a few hours before my deadline. I only got to see the show because of a very grainy upload of the episode to youtube. Apparently international viewers got to see NXT as usual but in the USA it was held back for as-of-now unexplained reasons. I apologize if I missed the subtleties of facial expressions or incorrectly called certain moves. With that out of the way, let’s get on with the show!

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Disasterpiece Theatre: Wrestlemaniac
By Jacob Lindsey

From Netflix:

Director Alphones makes a big mistake when he decides to shoot his film in a remote Mexican ghost town. Turns out ,the town is the lair of the legendary El Mascarado—a deranged wrestler who begins to kill off cast and crew in bloody death matches. One by one, El Mascarado stalks, captures and attacks his victims, as the remaining members of the group try to find a way to stop the killing spree.

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Thursday Headlines: WWE on YouTube
By Thomas and Aaron Briggs

The WWE hasn’t been shy about fully buying into new social media as a means to increase viewership.  Their use of Twitter has become a real point of contention with fans over the last year.  Fans want their favorite superstars to be accessible on the service, but they’ve begun to resent the way WWE pushes Twitter down their throats on television.  Well get ready WWE Universe!  Here comes the WWE and YouTube.

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The first WrestleMania took place at the home of WWE in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. How’d they get the name WrestleMania? The story goes, from the “True Story of WrestleMania” DVD, that ring announcer Howard Finkel came up with it when he mentioned the Beatles craze was known as “BeatleMania.”

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And no, it’s not Tony Chimel’s. (I know, I know, it’s a “he’s gay” joke. Trust me, I’m already ashamed. I am so sorry.)

Easy/lame/horrible jokes aside…

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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 01/30/12
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport

Live from Kansas City, Missouri this is the Raw Deal…

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Worst Royal Rumble Ever?
By Matt Seagull

I’ve been watching professional wrestling for more than 20 years now, and my favorite night of the year has always been the Royal Rumble. I look forward to the Rumble like a child looks forward to Christmas, mostly because like Christmas, it only comes once a year. In an age where a Last Man Standing match may be as common as a six man tag, I cherish a match that comes along so rarely. From a writing standpoint, the Rumble kicks off the Road to Wrestlemania, so the main event matches start their build around this time (which has unfortunately been made moot this year with the main event being announced a year in advance). But most of all, I love the Rumble so much because no matter how much I complain about the creative direction of the company, the Rumble is the one show that is impossible to mess up. Or so I thought…

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